Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa
Definition: Primary income payments refer to employee compensation paid to nonresident workers and investment income (payments on direct investment, portfolio investment, other investments). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 13,611,740,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Egypt | 11,560,020,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 7,315,630,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Mauritius | 5,772,699,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Angola | 5,459,946,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Ghana | 4,136,997,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Algeria | 3,828,504,000.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Morocco | 2,326,875,000.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,246,014,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Kenya | 1,788,495,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 1,696,726,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Sudan | 1,534,535,000.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 1,467,337,000.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Libya | 1,383,800,000.00 | 2019 |
| 15 | Senegal | 1,045,015,000.00 | 2018 |
| 16 | Tanzania | 1,007,538,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 1,000,896,000.00 | 2020 |
| 18 | Mali | 893,173,200.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 803,994,300.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Uganda | 700,451,600.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 673,609,300.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Zambia | 545,999,900.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Mozambique | 515,633,600.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Eswatini | 513,675,100.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 496,666,300.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 480,586,900.00 | 2020 |
| 27 | Congo | 404,296,300.00 | 2016 |
| 28 | Botswana | 395,512,800.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Niger | 352,287,100.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Benin | 333,648,500.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Malawi | 314,347,200.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Namibia | 279,772,700.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Togo | 241,073,000.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Rwanda | 218,252,300.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Gabon | 215,497,700.00 | 2015 |
| 36 | Mauritania | 190,191,900.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Guinea | 177,320,000.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Djibouti | 162,624,600.00 | 2020 |
| 39 | Liberia | 128,401,200.00 | 2019 |
| 40 | Lesotho | 119,862,600.00 | 2021 |
| 41 | Seychelles | 79,185,460.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Cabo Verde | 66,239,870.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | The Gambia | 55,594,810.00 | 2021 |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 45,184,030.00 | 1996 |
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 41,841,270.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 41,383,890.00 | 2020 |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 22,694,330.00 | 1994 |
| 48 | Chad | 12,384,620.00 | 1994 |
| 49 | Burundi | 10,645,720.00 | 2018 |
| 50 | Eritrea | 10,544,160.00 | 2000 |
| 51 | São Tomé and Principe | 3,484,944.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Comoros | 3,323,746.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
